Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 209, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 13, 1889 Page: 2 of 4
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ICO TEXAS MARCH 13 1880.
Shoot tho man who said Waco waste
Id town.
Fho goddess of fortune smiles on
Itco these days.
lemcniber the railroad mass mect-
: to-night at tho court house.
To our esteemed contemporaries :
ne to Waco and see an artesian
fti.
Mr. Windom is tho oldest member
tho new Cabinet. Ho is G3 years
ge.
The legislature of Missouri has pass-
$f a law prohibiting the teaching of
Sjjy foreign language in tho public
jhools of that Btatc.
I A Poughkcepsio man haB been
accd under bonds to keep tho peace.
drew a cigar-lighter on a man. tho
tide being mistaken for a revolver
(Colonel Honry Smythc editor of
i El Paso Tribune and vice-prcsi-
fnt of tho Texas Press Association
ed Sunday night of Bright's dis-
Lse.
'At Tyler Monday Jay Gould was
ren a judgment against the receivers
tho International and Great North-
railroad for over half a million
Wars.
k j$ Texas needs a paper mill and Waco
i the place for it. Wo hesitated in
lying this until that artesian well of
ft freestone water was secured but
few thero is no longer any doubt about
Waco is tho place.
Let tho ladies attend the railroad
lasa-meeting to night. It will serve to
low which side thoy are on and cn-
fcu'ago the good work. Men always
i their best when the ladies are look
pgon.
Every citizen of Waco should count
r a privilege to take upon himself a
tare of the burden assumed by six
ablic spirited citizens in signing for
ke eity the contract that secures for
'the Grand Trunk railroad.
pThisis a world of ceaseless change"
marked the editor.
h'Notof pocket change" promptly
sipped in his bettor half.
No" roplied the quill man with a
gh "thero are so many women in it."
f'fiomo ono has figured that only one
wg man out of fifty who marries
hIcb tho old men's consent. If he isn't
lptod off the doorstep or chewed up
tne dog bo takes it as a sign that
iuiu wan is wining ana ne reasons
reotly.
f TTho Chineso beat the world for econ-
ny. n is said a Chinese family of
$x persons can live comfortably in
beir native land on seven dollars a
tldnth. A married friend of ours
pould wager cents to dollars that wo-
hen are scarce in that family.
If the present threatening omens of
; war with Germany have no other ef-
eot it should at least nromnt our
government to Enlarge its navy and
troviae for tho dofenso of our coast in
ase it becomes necessary to teach
VLrmiA Inanlnnt'. lnrnrtnnn aw a
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I wpect tbo stars and Stripes. 1
IS From tho hasto with which ho pro-
seeded to decapitate Texas' hearty son
wow residing in Japan President llar-
iion seems to have a grudge against
e Lone Star State. Guess it's that
50000 -democratic majority. Texas
ill never get the consideration she is
titled to from the federal executive
il ahe becomes a pivotal state and
Tho biggest sohools the biggest
bridge tho biggest nrtrsian well the
biggest woolen mills tbo biggost cot-
ton mills tho biggest cannery and
creamery and so on tho biggest things
in tho stale. That's Waco.
We beliovo that it would bo an im-
provement to appoint mass meetings
like the one set for to night for somo
daylight hour such as 10 a. m. Busi-
ness men are all in town at auch a
time and a largor and more represent-
atio attendance could be secured
FROM MISSOURI.
Jeffuson City Mo. March 10.
To Editor Waco Evening News:
I am at present at Jefferson City
tho stato capital of Missouri and have
been hero since tho convening of the
legislature representing ono of the
Kansas City pnpcis. Being an ex-
Wacoito and feeling no little interest
in tho success of your paper I thought
I would write you a short letter touch-
ing upon the more interesting features
of tho proceedings of tho present law-
makers of Missouri and other matters
of minor importance.
Tho present session of tho legisla
ture in this state is known as tho re
vising session. It is limited to the
long term of four months and is devot-
ed principally to revising the statutes
of Missouri and this work is boing
thoroughly accomplished by the aolons
who comprise this assembly who by
the way arc mostly good democrats of
tho Jcffersonian and Jacksonian
school.
Governor Francis a few days ago
notified by telegram tho governors of
Texas Kansas Iowa Illinois and Ne-
braska that the interstate conference
committee appointed to represent the
abovo-named states to investigate tho
existence of an alleged beef and pork
combine would meet at tho Southern
hotel in St Louis on Tuesday March
12th. Considerable interest is being
manifested in this state over the mat-
ter and a large number of people in-
cluding reporiers from all tho metro-
politan newspapers will be present at
the meeting of this committee.
Several very important bills have
been introduced in the legislature
here the following of which are the
most interesting: The Electoral Re-
form bill which is known as' the Aus-
tralian system of voting. This re-
quires the voter to prepare his ballot
at the voting polls and prohibits all
persons who have voted from standing
in fifty feet of the voting place. The
object of the bill is to prevent the in-
fluencing and intimidation of voters.
There is another bill similar to the
law now in effect in Texas. To require
saloon keepers to take away all stained
glass blinds or anything that will ob
struct vision through their front open
ings. It also prohibits the playing of
all games and music in such establish-
ments and compels all visitors to en-
ter only through the front aperture or
apertures of the place.
There are other bills to lew a
graduated scale of taxation upon rail-
roads from 2 to 4 per cent to be grad-
ed (according to the gross earnings of
such road per mile and to require all
railroads in operation in this state to
file articles of corporation with the
secretary of state. All of theso are
good bills and will most likely become
laws.
I have met a considerable number of
people in this country who have vis-
itea j.exas ana an or mem
speak in glowing terms of
the vast resources the hospitable peo
ple and the salubrious climate of the
Lone star state.
I see from your paper that Waco
is making noble efforts to secure ad
ditional railroads and manufactures
thus shake off her village raiment and
don tho robe of a flourishing city. 1
believe as one of Waco's esteemed
citizens did when a few years ago
while inspired with the gift of the
bards he said :
"That whirring wheels and clanging steel and
traffic's bnsr hum.
will crown her queen of Texas town in days
uiai nru to cume. ' '
With tho best wishes for the future
prosperity of Waco and the success of
your paper
l am your sincere fnerd
W. C.
TWO LONDON LITERARY WOMEN.
i .will be long years hence.
EXCHANGE OHAT.
all Rianr ab to iiis anatomy.
A Methodist minister who reoently
visited Bob Incersoll declares that his
heart is in the right plaoe. There is
no news in that jno man could bob
up as serenely and often as the Pagan
priest unless his anatomy was properly
constructed and in period running or-
der. CONSIDEIIATE GOVERNOR JONES.
l'ort Worth Mail; Lieutenant-Governor
Jones of Now York denies that
he is a candidate for tho presidency in
lout ijones snouia be tendered a
vote of thanks for thus kindly remov
ing a great weight from the minds of
tho American people.
WEST VIIUIIMA'S GOVERNORS.
Houston Fost: Tbe governors of
West Virginia don't have to go outside
tho state now as the North Carolina
executive did. to comment on the
length of time to another'governor.
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Ten Sketches of Mm. Casliel Ifoejr and
Mrs. Campbell Praeil.
Mi-s Cashcl Hocy ond Mrs. Campbell
Pracd nro both "in society." Tho first
named is an Irish lady of about CO or
G5 short stout round faced and al-
ways dressed according to American
ideas very unfnshionably. Tlio queen
is tho grandest of tho grand army of
dowdily dressed old English ladies
whoso apparel would drive nn Ameri-
can woman crazy if sho were obliged to
wear it Loosely fitting bodices lace
shawls enormous caps plainly band-
ed hair natural or a "scratch" mitta
and reticule 'arc component parts of
this get up a la ;Hcino Victoria. By its
wearers itjs considered tho digntljed
and becoming "tiling for elderly wo-
men; while tno yellow skinned thin
old woman with an abundance or ela-
borately dressed gray hair no cap
diamond earrings and tightly fitting
Parisian costumo is looked upon' as'
ono of tho most offensive of American
products and is tho constant subject
of derision from English pros pencils
and voices.
Although Mrs. Cashcl Hocy has
been for many cars before tho pub-
lic as a writer and has produced ex-
cellent work in fiction sho has never
been fortunato enough to achieve a
wonderful paying success. Sho has
told mo that her earnings average 600
a year about $2500 or $50 a week.
Sho values her American connection
very highly and acknowledges that
the larger part of her incomo is de-
rived from America.
Having formed a literary partner-
ship for copyright purposes with John
Lillie tho Harpers aro ablo to protect
her later writings and pay her with
the promptness and liberality for
which their namo is a synonym. Mrs.
Hoey lives in a pretty house in tho old
court suburb Kensington not far
from tho beautiful town houso of tho
duko of Argyll on Campden Hill.
Her husband is a legal light and is a
permanent member of tlio counsel for
tho management of tho Princo of
Wales' Rothesay estates. This office
brings him a salary of 1000 per an-
num so that financially as. well as so-
cially Mr. and Mrs. Cashcl Hoey nro
in an cnviablo position.
Mrs. Campbell Proed is a graceful
delicate young woman about 35. Sho
comes of a good family and tho namo
of her husband is also that of one of
tho gentility. Sho is a charmingly ar-
tistic dresser and as far as her health
will permit associates with a gay and
fashionable set. Her novels aro wide-
ly read but in England aro kept away
from younc readers exactly as thoso
of Ouida. They aro in a certain sense
brilliant but are restricted to tho de-
lineation of scenes and manners of a
fast and loose class of people a kind
only too prominent in largo cities in
this feverish age. Her literary style
violates all canons of tho art as under-
stood and studied by more serious
writers; nevertheless thero is a gla-
mour in her periods a fascination in
her study of character which causes a
reader to pursue her fiction breath-
lessly to the end and then tossing it
away vowing that tho time spent in
reading it'might and should bo more
profitably employed. Mrs. Campbell
Praed has been in America having
made the now regulation trip thither
with her friend Justin McCarthy.
Cor. Pittsburg Chronicle.
Telegraphy Puzzled Illm.
A man who had never seen tho in-
side of a telegraph ofllco wandered
into that of New London tho other
day and as somo ono camo in with a
message asked to "seo it go." Ho was
taken inside and gratified hut was not
inclined to believe that a message was
really sent by tho clicking key.
Finally Manager Smith built a short
circuit in the operating room with
Operator Costello at one end and the
old man and tho manager at tho other.
Then Mr. Smith requested the old
fellow to whisper something to him
and ho would send it to Costello. He
did so but when he saw his words
written out at tho other end of the
short circuit ho claimed that Costello
heard him when he told Manager
Smith what to send. Mr. Smith sug-
gested to him that ho should writo ou
paper what he wanted to say and then
no could convince himself that there
was no "shenanagin" about it. Tlio
old fellow did so and Mr. Smith sent
it to Costello who returned tho words
on paper. Even then he could hardly
be convinced but he concluded that
''it was tho durndest thing hoover
saw." He spent half an hour in the
office and furnished a great laugh for
tho operators and messenger boys.
He hailed from Ledyard and had
never been in a telegraph office before.
New London Teleirraph.
Testing- Telegraph roles.
A young man with a gimlet two
feet long stopped in front of a tele-
graph pole in on uptown street the
other day and began to boro into it.
Another young man a reporter on
Tho Sun. stopped also and asked tho
first what ho was about "I am going
to find out how long this stick will
stand up" he said twisting tho handle
rapidly. "lam employed by tho com-
pany that owns tho pole and it is my
business to go about tho streets making
inspections liko this. Every polo is
numbered and whon I mako my re-
port tho company takes action accord-
ing to tho cpudition of tho wood.
Tins is tho only way wo can tell how
strong a polo is for decay begins be-
neath tho surface and works toward
tho center. It shows on tho outside
lust. So you can't tell fi-om tho looks
whether u nolo may not como dot n in
tho Ilr&t high wind or light ono
cither for that matter This ono"
and ho withdrew his gimlet and looked
at tho Hue shaving clinging to it
"will last at least a year without dan-
ger. Theio is ono on the Bowery near
fuunu aircei mat (ooks nencctlv
sound much better than this one in
fact and yet it is decayed almost from
surfaco to surface and is liablo'to fall
any day." Tlio young uin did not
know when tho company would re-
place the dangerous pole and after
making a memorandum in a book he
proceeded up the street to probo the
next stick. New York Sun.
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HAS THE
QUICK MEAL GASOLINESTOVE
SAVES WOOD TIME & LABOR.
WANTED.
TO EXCHANGE Furni-
ture Stoves or Household
Goods of every description for
a good horse.
TO RENT-Good seven-room
house on Dutton street also
two-room house.
ALL kinds of Household arti-
les to buysellexchange or rent
TO SELL Good seven-room
House or exchange it. for
Fort Worth.property. "
EVERYBODY to call on G.
L. Gooch at Curiosity Shop
and buy goods on the Install-
ment Plan.
CHEAP COLUMN.
For Stile.
Nlco Parlor Sett.
Marble-Top Bedroom Setts.
Walnut Ofllco Desks.
Marble-top Dressing Cases.
Bnreaus Chairs Rockers.
New and Second-hand StovcH.
Books of every description.
Musical Instruments.
Union ScwlugMucliincs.
Wardrobes Safes.
Extension & Kitchen Tables.
Baitan Bookers.
Qucenswaro and Glassware.
Lamps and Lamp Chimneys.
Knives Forks and Spoons.
Squirrel Cages.
Nice Geese Feathers.
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Waco Curiosity Shop
Will buy second-hand Goods or
exchange new for old.
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Groceries
Hay Corn Oaf Bran Etc.
Conntry Produce Boacht and Sold:
TELEPHONE CONNECTION.
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FENCE MANUFACTURED
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117 S. Eight St. Waco Tex.
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E. D. COHER. Mint. '.'.
Write for circulars and prices.
Agents wanted.
This wire and pioket fence is not
only cheap but the best fence mads
for yards gardens and orchards be-
ing strong and durable. For house lots
no fence can comnaro for nrloe. Onlv
$2.50 to 8.60 per 100 feet. All piokets
pointed and made of best heart pine
A Passenger Traits Wrecked.
El Paso Tex. March 11. The
Texas and Pacific passenger train due
here at 2:05 o'clock from tho cast was
derailed about six miles from town by
tho displacement if a switch. The ac
cident occured on an embankment
twenty feet high and the engine bag-
gage car and one passenger car wont
oS the traok and the engino down in
to tno ditch bottom side up causing
Suite a wreck. The engineer William
liver and fireman Alex Conley
saved their lives by jumping though
tho former's face and head were badly
out and the tongue almost sovered.
Conley's right arm was badly bruised
tho left ono badly cut and tho face
and head braised. Husleyy 'the bag-
gageman and several passengers were
severely bruised. It is thought the
switch was maliciously opened in order
to wreok the train
:TO THE:
FinmiPi ol Mclitnnin iqd Mdrinlng Counflii
WACO "lumber go.
will E2CCI3:-A.3SrCa-E
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SASH DOOR8
jBliiacl etrxdL Bviilcler
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For Corn deliver t.d to us at our
Lumber 'Yard in Waco or in -1
Car-load Lots delivered at
any of the following
points to wit:
McGregor south bosqub axtell Mt.
' CALM HUBBARD and DOWSON.
WE HAVE A VERY HEAVY STOCK AND
WILL EXC ANGE ANY AND AT.T KINDS OP
BUILDING MATERIAL
Inducting rough and dressed Lumber suoh as
. Flooring Ceiling tiding Moulding and Shingles
Also Sash Doors Blinds and Hardware.
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